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Allegations of Abuse
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The defence counsel for a former
police officer accused of rape says the woman pointed the finger at his client
so she did not have to tell her boyfriend she cheated on him. The woman is under cross
examination at the man's trial, where he stands accused of rape, sexual
violation and assault over an incident in 1988. Defence lawyer Gary Gotlieb says
when the woman's boyfriend asked her if she had been raped, she agreed, to
get herself out of a difficult situation. Mr Gotlieb says the woman passed
the police station and the hospital on her way home after the incident, but
chose not to seek help. He says two years previously, the
woman seduced her friend's husband, and referred to him as a naughty little
boy. Mr Gotlieb claims she used the same phrase while having consensual sex
with the accused.
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